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Atlantic Unbound | Archive
P. J. O'Rourke ..... Recent articles by P. J. O'Rourke: I Sing of Fizzy Fluid RetentionThe decline of spinsters? Smoke-free living? Drawing on a vast new statistical compendium, our commentator unearths, examines, and extrapolates the hidden challenges to America. Mapping InnovationTo find the next great ideas, follow the tractors, tourists, and drinkers. Two Cheers for HypocrisyAs the Gallup Organization has discovered, the young are another country—and one day it's going to be ours. The Mother Load"Oh, my God—Southwest to Tampa with a thousand people!" A report on the new Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane. Masters of the HuntSo the British have banned the killing of foxes and other wild mammals with the aid of dogs. Now what? A report from the sponge-wet moors of Barmy Britannia. Freedom, Responsibility … and What?Social Security reform—an explanation. Incumbent-Protection ActsCampaign-finance reform—an explanation. Redheaded EskimoThe corporate tax bill—an explanation. Continental DividesThe Crescent of Crime, the Spousal Spine, the Divorce Coasts, the Righteous Region, and other sources of national greatness. Hail to the _____An all-purpose post-election editorial, offered free to news organizations across the United States. Pork With a PointThe highway bill—a translation. A $2.4 Trillion Figure of SpeechThe federal budget—an explanation. Foreign Leaders and KerryDo they really like him? Here's what they—or, anyway, people—tell me. "To Hell With Lipitor!"Medicare reform—an explanation. Adult-Male-Elephant DiplomacyColin Powell talks about Iraq, the Cold War, his place in the Administration, and chilling "the ambitions of the evil" A Conversation With Colin PowellColin Powell and P. J. O'Rourke discuss foreign policy, Volvos, Elvis, and more. The full transcript of an interview from the September 2004 Atlantic I Agree With MeWhen was the last time a conservative talk show changed a mind? Sulfur IslandEveryone recognizes the image of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. But what do you know about the place we were actually fighting for? The EnthusiastsA report from deep in the grass roots. Speaking of the CandidatesOur correspondent looks much too closely at the current crop of stump speeches. The Backside of WarHow I saved Iraq's modern art, and other confessions. A noncombatant's diary. The Veterans of Domestic Disorders MemorialHow to remember the not-quite-greatest-generation. The Bill ShowThere are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself. The Louse is in the HouseA malady that does not speak its name. Third Person SingularHaving an ear bent by Henry Adams, the prototype of the modern thinker. No Apparent MotiveA chilling characteristic of politicians is that they're not in it for the money. Anything GoesFor three decades the author searched fruitlessly for the perfect city. And then he found it. Letter From Egypt"There is a question," our correspondent writes, "that less-sophisticated Americans ask (and more-sophisticated Americans would like to): Why are people in the Middle East so crazy? Here, at the pyramids, was an answer from the earliest days of civilization: People have always been crazy." The Success of FailureWe owe our economic development, our form of government, and even our physical existence to spectacular flops. The Case for Vote ControlCampaign-finance reform is only a start. How to Stuff a Wild EnronEveryone blames too little regulation for the Enron mess, but maybe the culprit was too much. Nobel SentimentsPious thoughts from wise fools. After the QuagmireCoping with closure; enduring the New Seriousness. Coping StrategiesWhen Godzilla gets the willies. Squishier than thouDemonstrating against reality in London and Washington. Zion's Vital SignsA journey through modern Israel, where terrorism has been a fact of ordinary life for decades—and where ordinary life defeats terrorism. What Auden Didn't KnowThe things that stay in place. Was Clinton Cool?Talking about my generation. And talking and talking and talking. |
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